In 1927, the great and the good of Paris gather at the funeral of the wealthy banker, Marcel P?ricourt. His daughter, Madeleine, is poised to take over his financial empire (although, unfortunately, she knows next to nothing about banking). More unfortunately still, when Madeleine's seven-year-old son, Paul, tumbles from a second floor window of the P?ricourt mansion on the day of his grandfather's funeral, and suffers life-changing injuries,...